South Fork Kentucky River

South Fork Kentucky River
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Kentucky River
• location	just downstream of Beattyville
• coordinates	37°34′12″N 83°42′39″W

South Fork Kentucky River is a river in Kentucky in the United States. It is a fork of the Kentucky River that it joins just downstream of Beattyville. It is approximately 30 mi (48 km) long.

It is formed in Clay County, at the town of Oneida in the Daniel Boone National Forest, approximately 10 mi (16 km) northeast of Manchester. It flows generally north in a highly meandering course through the mountainous Cumberland Plateau region.

Tributaries and other locations

• Its major tributaries include:
  • Sexton's Creek 14.375 miles (23.134 km) downstream of Oneida at altitude 648 feet (198 m), mouth at 37°21′33″N 83°40′56″W, whose further tributaries and locations are in its own article
  • Road Run 13.5 miles (21.7 km) downstream of Oneida at altitude 659 feet (201 m), mouth at 37°20′15″N 83°41′16″W headwaters at 37°18′34″N 83°42′02″W
    • Columbus Bishop Branch 0.75 miles (1.21 km) upstream, mouth at 37°19′20″N 83°41′38″W headwaters at 37°19′02″N 83°41′20″W
  • Rooster Branch 7.5 miles (12.1 km) downstream of Oneida at altitude 678 feet (207 m), mouth at 37°19′46″N 83°40′03″W headwaters at 37°19′18″N 83°41′01″W
  • Rocky Branch 6.75 miles (10.86 km) downstream of Oneida at altitude 682 feet (208 m), mouth at 37°19′13″N 83°39′50″W headwaters at 37°19′01″N 83°40′49″W
  • Lower Teges Creek 4.5 miles (7.2 km) downstream of Oneida at altitude 698 feet (213 m), mouth at 37°18′24″N 83°40′08″W headwaters at 37°17′20″N 83°43′42″W
  • Upper Teges Creek 4 miles (6.4 km) downstream of Oneida at altitude 715 feet (218 m), mouth at 37°17′34″N 83°39′59″W headwaters at 37°16′50″N 83°43′46″W
  • Crane Creek 2 miles (3.2 km) downstream of Oneida at altitude 722 feet (220 m), mouth at 37°17′04″N 83°40′32″W headwaters at 37°16′05″N 83°44′57″W
  • Red Bird River, mouth at 37°16′11″N 83°38′36″W, whose further tributaries and locations are in its own article
  • Goose Creek, mouth at 37°16′11″N 83°38′36″W, whose further tributaries and locations are in its own article

General

A road connects a left branch of Crane Creek via a gap to the Wildcat Branch of Goose Creek. A road connects a left branch of Upper Teges Creek to Crane Creek.

See also

• List of rivers of Kentucky

Sources

• Quinones, Ferdinand; Mull, Donald S.; York, Karen; Kendall, Victoria (August 1981). Hydrology of Area 14, Eastern Coal Province, Kentucky. Water Resources Investigations. Louisville, Kentucky: United States Geological Survey. doi:10.3133/ofr81137.
• Hodge, James Michael (1918). The coals of Goose Creek and its tributaries. Reports of the Kentucky Geological Survey 4th series 1912–1918. Vol. 4. Frankfort, Kentucky: The State Journal Company. (The coals of Goose Creek and its tributaries at the Internet Archive)
• Russell, Philip G. (1918). The coals of Sexton Creek and the tributaries of South Fork on the right between the mouth of Redbird Creek and the mouth of Sexton Creek. Reports series 4. Vol. 4 part 3. Kentucky Geological Survey. pp. 185–260.
• Rennick, Robert M. (2000). Clay County — Post Offices. County Histories of Kentucky. Vol. 176. Morehead State University.

Further reading

• Rennick, Robert M.; United States Geological Survey. Oneida Quadrangle. Robert M. Rennick Topographical Map Collection. Vol. 571. Morehead State University.